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October 9, 2025
The brand-new Mote Science Education Aquarium opened to the public on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at University Town Center in Sarasota. In addition to the Workforce Development and STEM Teaching labs…

October 2, 2025
The new Mote Science Education Aquarium at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota is opening to the public next Wednesday, Oct. 8. Mote SEA will provide science education and enhanced levels of ocean…

September 18, 2025
Featuring Mah Jongg, shell collections and a natural cemetery The new edition of the Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Island Magazine is out now with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social pag…

September 11, 2025
Cedar Point Environmental Center will host a volunteer open house and intracoastal cleanup on Monday, Sept. 15, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the park, 2300 Placida Road. The event, held in partners…

September 11, 2025
The Friends of the Englewood Charlotte Library will be sponsoring a “Bag O’ Books Sale” from Monday, September 15, 2025 through Saturday, September 20, 2025 at the library at 3450 N. Access Rd., Tri…

September 11, 2025
The Boca Grande Camera Club has been very busy planning a fascinating season for 2025-26. The new season kicks off on Nov. 18 with “What We Did Last Summer,” where members submit photos for all to e…

August 28, 2025
What are you reading this summer? Ellen Cornwell of The Tide and her husband Andy have recommended some of favorite books for summer reading, including fiction, non-fiction and youth and children. …

August 28, 2025
Julie Horning has released a new children’s book titled “B is for Boca Grande: Alphabet Adventure of the Charming Village of Boca Grande, Florida.” The protagonist is Chico, a monkey that hung out a…

August 28, 2025
The Boca Grande Area Chamber of Commerce second annual Big Mouth Chili Challenge is set for Saturday, Nov. 15, right after the Grande Firehouse 5K. “We figured everyone was going to be out here f…

August 28, 2025
The new September/October edition of the Gasparilla Island Magazine is out. Inside, are stories on Marion Alger in Boca Grande, shell collections and the growing Mah Jongg craze. At newsstands no…